WoW Classic routing to Oceanic via LA?

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#2326023 27-Sep-2019 14:28

m2geek:

hio77:

macakz:

Im with vodafone and still have 160ms on wow bfa frostmourne since patch came out. any ideas?

i would recommend engaging vodafone support on that one.

Trying to get help from Vodafone, is like trying to talk to a Cat and expect an intelligent reply.

I gave up on vodafone support years ago, they are ignorant and useless.

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#2326026 27-Sep-2019 14:33

@m2geek they are trying to get better, but unless they know there is an issue somewhere how are they to fix it?

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#2326070 27-Sep-2019 14:38

Jase2985:

@m2geek they are trying to get better, but unless they know there is an issue somewhere how are they to fix it?

I frequently contact them via Twitter or Live chat, and they either deny all knowledge of an issue - or give a nondescript, non specific, default response of "we're actively investigating blahblahblah".

It's not surprising they have The worst rating for customer support, I used to work for another ISP many moons ago and even having to work with them on something was teeth-grindingly frustrating.

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#2326513 28-Sep-2019 22:21

Still having issues with this, I fired up my VPN sub to see if it would change it - it seems it has, but it's a less than ideal long term solution.

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#2326517 28-Sep-2019 22:32

Again, I recommend you speak to Vodafone.

this thread being marked as Spark. highly likely the folk wont look here..

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#2326739 29-Sep-2019 15:25

Thanks for the ping. @m2geek, there's a thread on our Community page regarding Overwatch routing, will add WoW to the list to look at Monday.

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#2326773 29-Sep-2019 16:54

Now that Blizzard seemingly run their own global network, are there any NZ ISPs who peer with them directly??

I'm guessing this time is some instability at the shared IXP and routes got dampened.

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#2326789 29-Sep-2019 17:25

yitz:

Now that Blizzard seemingly run their own global network, are there any NZ ISPs who peer with them directly??

I'm guessing this time is some instability at the shared IXP and routes got dampened.

my high level understanding is blizzard pushing towards their own global network is somewhat what created this.

Don't think i can comment past that.

Excuse the spikes, my spark line is being dedicated to Sparksport right now.

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#2329333 4-Oct-2019 00:14

@hio77 - I understand you cant speak for the issues regarding Vodafone (they are still suffering from the issue) but can you possibly expand a little on what the issue was in regards to Spark and what was done to resolve it?

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#2329435 4-Oct-2019 09:20

To be clear with this one, it appears the issue's source is with Blizzard not all the affected ISP's. The ISP's can sometimes do work-around's to improve access to Blizzards routing, but only so much can be done and it affects all ISP customers to some degree.

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#2329436 4-Oct-2019 09:25

noroad:
To be clear with this one, it appears the issue's source is with Blizzard not all the affected ISP's. The ISP's can sometimes do work-around's to improve access to Blizzards routing, but only so much can be done and it affects all ISP customers to some degree.

yup.

It's my understanding from multiple industry contacts that blizzard have been reaching out for peering agreements.

I am not at liberty to share, but if you look at the traceroute it's kinda quite clear what GGI has done.

I've got trust in @gaddman to work through it. He's always pretty good on these ones. Give him time. These things are tough. Especially if they too are in brownouts for RWC.

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#2329440 4-Oct-2019 09:30

Moved to NZ Broadband instead as this doesn't only affect Spark.

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#2329442 4-Oct-2019 09:32

noroad:

To be clear with this one, it appears the issue's source is with Blizzard not all the affected ISP's. The ISP's can sometimes do work-around's to improve access to Blizzards routing, but only so much can be done and it affects all ISP customers to some degree.

That last contact from Blizzard on the Overwatch forums says

"Hey again,

Just to update this thread we no longer need additional network tests. We did attempt to reach out to Vodafone but have not received a response just yet. Please feel free to continue contacting Vodafone to report the routing issue.

Thanks for the continued correspondence and patience in these matters."

That was literally just a few mins ago.

They also said this on the WoW forums about 24 hours ago

"Hey all,

Just wanted to provide an update on this. It looks like the fix for this will need to be coming from Vodafone. We are actively working with them on this, but please do contact them directly to report the issue too. The more reports they get the higher the priority to fix it will be."

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#2329445 4-Oct-2019 09:35

Just wanted to provide an update on this. It looks like the fix for this will need to be coming from Vodafone. We are actively working with them on this, but please do contact them directly to report the issue too. The more reports they get the higher the priority to fix it will be."

Or Blizzard could just openly peer with the Equinix Sydney route servers and then everyone would automatically get access to their routes rather than private peers with every individual ISP. **sigh**

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#2329447 4-Oct-2019 09:40

noroad:

Just wanted to provide an update on this. It looks like the fix for this will need to be coming from Vodafone. We are actively working with them on this, but please do contact them directly to report the issue too. The more reports they get the higher the priority to fix it will be."

Or Blizzard could just openly peer with the Equinix Sydney route servers and then everyone would automatically get access to their routes rather than private peers with every individual ISP. **sigh**

There's a post in the Overwatch Forums from VFNZ (dunno if its a legit account or not) that says:

"VFNZ are learning your routes via the Equinix route-servers.
We notice that when patches are preformed on game servers etc we see a result in traffic going via the USA"

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